Definition:
- (a.) Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view.
- (a.) Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge.
- (adv.) In an equal part or degree; in some pa/ appro/mating a half; partially; imperfectly; as, half-colored, half done, half-hearted, half persuaded, half conscious.
- (a.) Part; side; behalf.
- (a.) One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; -- sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an apple.
- (v. t.) To halve. [Obs.] See Halve.
Compare half with other words:
half vs. halp
half vs. halk
half vs. halo
half vs. halt
hale vs. half
half vs. hall
haaf vs. half
half vs. halm
calf vs. half
half vs. halves
half vs. three
half vs. halfness
half vs. hemispheroid
demicadence vs. half
half vs. semicolumn
half vs. semispheroidal
half vs. halfendeal
angelet vs. half
half vs. halfmonth
half vs. whole
full vs. half
center vs. half
fella vs. half
half vs. moiety
half vs. have
half vs. libration
half vs. semimonthly
half vs. slugs
half vs. semidiameter
half vs. nestle
cat vs. half
half vs. pan
half vs. nibble
foolscap vs. half
half vs. octant
half vs. majority
half vs. off
half vs. table
half vs. side
half vs. halve
dickens vs. half
divide vs. half
half vs. part
half vs. two
equal vs. half
demitint vs. half
half vs. shift
common vs. half
back vs. half
half vs. parent
end vs. half
cut vs. half
half vs. step
half vs. mast